Well folks,
it has been a while since I updated my blog. A number of things have kept me
busy over the past few months and hence I have had no time to get my act together and update my blog.
What prompted
me to find sometime to write this entry is after watching recently the movie ‘Oh My God’
a bollywood comedy film. I usually have very little expectation on Akshay Kumar starrer movies but I was pleasantly surprised to find this movie
taking an unconventional route from usual hindi movies.
The plot of
the movie revolves around the character Kanji Lalji Mehta played by Paresh
Rawal a middle class Hindu-athiest who owns a shop that sells Hindu idols and antiques.
One day, a low frequency earth quake destroys his shop and the movie goes
further about how he fights against all odds to get compensated for his loss. When
his insurance company declines his claims citing reason that damages caused by
natural calamities classified under ‘act
of god’ is not claimable, Kanji files a law suit against god, implying a fight
against godmen who accumulates wealth from the common man. What a novel
concept.
At a time when a set of
fraud godmen commercialize religion reducing God into an industry, the
relevance of the subject is admirable. Questioning the dangers of blind faith,
the film unearths several
hypocrisies deeply rooted in our society and it is thought provoking. It highlights rituals like, in the name of feeding
god, how devotees pour several thousands
of litres of milk that go wasted in some temples when 100’s of less privileged
people wait outside for a single meal.
This movie showcases the various myths, outdated
traditions and customs of most of the religions, which have lost their
significance during current times. However, people in almost all religions and
faiths are still not able to get away with them and blindly follow so many
things in their life without questioning the significance of the same. Due to
such blind following, most of these are proving to be detrimental to the human
life giving a scope of proliferation to all those false prophets and priests
who are capitalizing on the lack of knowledge of truth of the devotees.
When
spirituality overtakes humanity it just serves no purpose at all. Spiritual
paths and practises that distance us from what it means to be human are not
good for humans.
The
message here is, believe in God but not blindly. while following regular faiths
of visiting temples, or other religious places come out and help those who are
in needs.
